Comparative evaluation of four urinary tubular dysfunction markers, with special references to the effects of aging and correction for creatinine concentration

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-290

  Moriguchi, J ^a   Ezaki, T ^a   Tsukahara, T ^a   Furuki, K ^b   Fukui, Y ^a   Okamoto, S ^a   Ukai, H ^a   Sakurai, H ^c   Shimbo, S ^d   Ikeda, M ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Cadmium exposure; Effect markers; General population; Tubular dysfunction; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CREATININE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0038121660     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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